From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 19:15:09 +0200 The brelse() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately. Thus the tests around the shown calls are not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/qnx4/inode.c | 3 +-- fs/qnx6/inode.c | 6 ++---- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/qnx4/inode.c b/fs/qnx4/inode.c index e8da1cde87b9..018a4c657f7c 100644 --- a/fs/qnx4/inode.c +++ b/fs/qnx4/inode.c @@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ unsigned long qnx4_block_map( struct inode *inode, long iblock ) bh = NULL; } } - if ( bh ) - brelse( bh ); + brelse(bh); } QNX4DEBUG((KERN_INFO "qnx4: mapping block %ld of inode %ld = %ld\n",iblock,inode->i_ino,block)); diff --git a/fs/qnx6/inode.c b/fs/qnx6/inode.c index 345db56c98fd..083170541add 100644 --- a/fs/qnx6/inode.c +++ b/fs/qnx6/inode.c @@ -472,10 +472,8 @@ static int qnx6_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent) out1: iput(sbi->inodes); out: - if (bh1) - brelse(bh1); - if (bh2) - brelse(bh2); + brelse(bh1); + brelse(bh2); outnobh: kfree(qs); s->s_fs_info = NULL; -- 2.23.0